Liveumap:
— "Minsk right now. Looks like another army unit is being deployed in Minsk.

There have been reports that one of battalions of 103 Vitebsk airborne brigade was quartered in southeast Minsk earlier this week "

🔗 Liveuamap (@Liveuamap)

Numerous military vehicles on the move tonight in Minsk as Belarus prepares for controversial Sunday election.

Belarussian Media, TUT.BY:
— "Military equipment was noticed in the center of Minsk tonight"

🔗 TUT.BY (@tutby)

Conflict Observer:
— "Unconfirmed: All suburban transit within Minsk has shut down since 18:00 local time.

Checkpoints are also being erected along major thoroughfares near city limits."

Conflict Observer:
— "Its also speculated that most of the hardware seen on the move this evening is headed to the presidential palace.

No way to verify such claims until media blackout is lifted."

— More heavy Belarusian Army convoys at Moskoskaya Metro Station, Minsk, Belarus at 21:47 local time

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— Footage of additional military hardware on the move in Minsk.

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Morocco Sets Up Military Field Hospital in #Beirut Among Growing Crisis

Morocco sends aid to #Lebanon as the country struggles in the aftermath of an explosion and amid growing political and economic turmoil.

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Morocco to Repatriate Moroccans Wishing to Return from Lebanon

Moroccans in #Lebanon addressed an open letter to King Mohammed VI to ask him to help them return home.

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🇮🇳 Indian Media, ANI:
— "Unknown persons fired upon Abdul Hamid Najar in Budgam.

He has been shifted to a hospital: Budgam SSP, Jammu & Kashmir Police"

🇮🇳 Indian Media, ANI:
— "Jammu & Kashmir: Abdul Hamid Najar, district president of Budgam BJP Other Backward Class (OBC) Morcha was fired upon by terrorists.

He has been shifted to a hospital."

🇷🇺 RT | Left-wing protesters clashing with police in last stand over Berlin pub eviction | 8-08-20
— "Scuffles erupted in Berlin on Friday as police enforced an eviction order for the pub Syndikat, which for decades served as a favorite gathering spot for left-wing activists.

Hundreds of people gathered in Berlin’s Neukolln district on Friday for last-ditch protests against the imminent eviction of the pub. The police arrived in large numbers and geared up for the potential repetition of a riot that happened on Saturday last week.

Some clashes occurred between the opposing forces overnight, with activists occasionally pelting the police with firecrackers and bottles, and officers responding with pepper spray. Over 40 protesters were arrested amid the scuffles, while six police officers were injured. The fire department was also involved, putting out dumpster fires started by the activists."
https://archive.is/7ANtr

🇯🇵 Japan Times | Russia warns it will deem any incoming missile as nuclear | 7-08-20
— " Russia will perceive any ballistic missile launched at its territory as a nuclear attack that warrants a nuclear retaliation, the military warned in an article published Friday.

The harsh warning in the official military newspaper Krasnaya Zvezda (Red Star) is directed at the United States, which has worked to develop long-range nonnuclear weapons.

The article follows the publication in June of Russia’s nuclear deterrent policy that envisages the use of atomic weapons in response to what could be a conventional strike targeting the nation’s critical government and military infrastructure."

https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2020/08/07/world/politics-diplomacy-world/russia-warns-will-deem-incoming-missile-nuclear/

🇭🇰🇨🇳 SCMP | Pakistan’s new Kashmir map links it to China, fuelling India’s fears of war with both | 6-08-20
— "Pakistan’s move to unveil a new political map reasserting its claim to all of Indian-administered Kashmir – minus the parts claimed by China – is fuelling New Delhi’s fears of a two-front conflict with its neighbours, despite a lack of evidence that such a move is in the works.

But the release of the map is the latest in a series of conflicts born from cartography which have broken out in the Himalayas since May – from a deadly scuffle between Indian and Chinese soldiers in mid-June to a war of words that began earlier in the summer when New Delhi opened a road through territory claimed by Nepal.

Pakistan’s new map – unveiled almost exactly a year to the day since India’s unilateral decision to strip the part of Kashmir it controls of its semi-autonomy – extends Islamabad’s territorial claim north-eastward up to the Chinese-held Karakoram Pass.

On paper, the map links Pakistan with Chinese-administered territory via the Shaksgam Valley, a part of the Gilgit-Baltistan region ceded to China by Pakistan under their 1963 border settlement. To the east is the Aksai Chin region – the limit of China’s claims in Kashmir which it has controlled since a 1962 war with India."

https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/politics/article/3096308/pakistans-new-kashmir-map-links-it-china-fuelling-indias-fears